Advanced Internet Protocols, Services, and Applications

Today, the internet and computer networking are essential parts of business, learning, and personal communications and entertainment. Virtually all messages or transactions sent over the internet are carried using internet infrastructure- based on advanced internet protocols. Advanced internet protocols ensure that both public and private networks operate with maximum performance, security, and flexibility.

This book is intended to provide a comprehensive technical overview and survey of advanced internet protocols, first providing a solid introduction and going on to discuss internetworking technologies, architectures and protocols. The book also shows application of the concepts in next generation networks and discusses protection and restoration, as well as various tunnelling protocols and applications. The book ends with a thorough discussion of emerging topics.

EIJI OKI, PHD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo and was the recipient of the IEEE's 2001 Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award.

ROBERTO ROJAS-CESSA, PHD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

MALLIKARJUN TATIPAMULA, PHD, is Head of Packet Technologies Research at Ericsson Silicon Valley. He has over twenty years of experience in the telecommunications/networking industry, with more than 100 published papers and patents.

CHRISTIAN VOGT is a Senior Marketing Manager at Ericsson Silicon Valley.